US grid operators issued emergency alerts in July 2026 as data center load and heat pushed aging systems to their limits
The Detroit News · FRI JUL 31
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Vantage files for two South Fulton County data center campuses totaling over 1.4 million square feet.
DataCenterDynamics · FRI JUL 31
PJM Interconnection will cut power to data centers of 50 MW and larger during shortages starting in June 2027.
TechCrunch · THU JUL 30
US data centers head toward 292 terawatt hours in 2026, about 6.5 percent of total power demand.
McKinsey · TUE JUL 28
Data center load dropped off the PJM grid on July 22, causing a voltage disturbance across the region.
Data Center Dynamics · TUE JUL 28
Douglas County commissioners rejected a 700 acre EdgeConneX data center campus for a second time.
WSB-TV · TUE JUL 28
CleanSpark signs a 20-year, $6.6 billion data center lease at its Sandersville, Georgia campus.
Data Center Dynamics · TUE JUL 28
![[Data] US Colocation Capacity Hits 29 Gigawatts as Vacancy Falls to 1.2 Percent](https://www.avisonyoung.us/documents/35486/0/Avison+Young+US+Data+Center+Report+Q2+2023.jpg/51e06e7a-1570-5c78-01e4-030a1030055f?version=1.0&t=1692826023471&imagePreview=1)
US colocation inventory reached 29 gigawatts in Q1 2026 with vacancy at a record-low 1.2 percent.
Avison Young · SUN JUL 26
![[Data] US Data Center Electricity Demand Set to More Than Double by 2030](https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/5brpWjGpHVPJZja9hDL2REY4DLwx-Ahqe6JhlAmknRo/g:ce/rs:fit:770:435/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0yMjQ1MDI1ODQyLmpwZw==.webp)
US data center electricity demand is projected to grow 133 percent by 2030 to 426 terawatt-hours.
Utility Dive · SUN JUL 26
New data center projects across Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina advanced through July 2026.
Data Center Knowledge · SUN JUL 26
![[Data] US Data Center Market Tops $122 Billion as Colocation Surges](https://s3.mordorintelligence.com/production/united-states-data-center-market/market-snapshot.webp)
The US data center market is worth about $122 billion in 2026 with colocation capacity surging.
Mordor Intelligence · SAT JUL 25
CleanSpark signed a 20-year, $6.6 billion data center lease at its Sandersville, Georgia campus.
PR Newswire · SAT JUL 25
EIA forecasts the strongest four-year US electricity demand growth since 2000, led by data centers.
US Energy Information Administration · SAT JUL 25
![[Data] IEA Projects Data Center Electricity Use Above 1,000 Terawatt-Hours in 2026](https://img.datacenterfrontier.com/files/base/ebm/datacenterfrontier/image/2024/03/65eba10b68ec7f001ea78e9a-dreamstime_xxl_309228434.png?auto=format,compress&fit=fill&fill=blur&w=1200&h=630)
IEA projects global data center electricity use above 1,000 terawatt-hours in 2026.
IEA / Data Center Frontier · FRI JUL 24
US data center power demand set to climb from 31 to 41 gigawatts in 2026, straining the grid.
S&P Global Market Intelligence · FRI JUL 24
AWS and Microsoft expand Georgia data center campuses in Douglas and Fulton counties in 2026.
DataCenterDynamics · FRI JUL 24
NorthWestern Energy data center deals scale from 150 megawatts toward 1,500 megawatts by 2030.
NorthWestern Energy · THU JUL 23
US data center IT load could double toward 150 gigawatts by 2028, Bloom Energy reports.
Bloom Energy · THU JUL 23
FERC directs US grid operators to accelerate interconnection for large data center loads.
American Action Forum · THU JUL 23
![[Data] Data Centers Added $23 Billion to US Electricity Bills as PJM Capacity Prices Rose 833 Percent](https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285284906-e1783971804803.jpg?resize=1200,600)
Data centers added ~$23B to US electricity bills; PJM capacity prices rose 833% year over year.
Fortune · TUE JUL 21